In Which I Embarrass Myself in the Name of Hacky Sacks

First of all, please please please check out my partner in mischief Janet Johnson's Ethnic Musical Challenge video, because hers is WAY better than mine. She raises the bar on Hacky Sack video challenges by incorporating Bollywood and tying it into writing & blogs. Plus, she's an amazing dancer and actually EDITED her video. It's a MUST SEE.

And now, on to the challenge.

I have chosen to enlighten you all with my amazing Chinese opera skillz.

I'm singing a couple little snippets from the third scene of the famous Yueju opera, BUTTERFLY LOVERS.

This is a very short snippet and is in fact two different parts of a scene that I've mashed together for the sake of brevity. I'm supposed to have someone singing another part at one point, so I just hummed it.

(Many thanks to my videographer-daughter, Olivia.)

Performing in China with my teacher, Zhang Laoshi.

After the performance with my tiny kids.

And this is only for the VERY interested among you. I found scene three of an actual BUTTERFLY LOVERS performance on Youtube (Whoot!). The part I learned with my teacher was from the beginning through about the six-minute mark. Now you can see how truly bad I am by watching the professionals!


Would YOU like to join the Hacky Sack Club and make embarrassing videos of yourself? OF COURSE YOU WOULD! Join, join, join! Let Janet or me know if you want to post a video and we'll add you to our Hacky Sack Club Wall of Fame. Come on, you know you want to!

Have you ever watched Chinese opera before? Do you like it?